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THERE was great fun at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Friday as the older generation came to the school for grandparents day. It was a chance for the children and indeed the school to show their appreciation for grans and granddads on a day which proves immensely popular every year. “There’s […]

IT was a special day for Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Wednesday as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of the school with their annual Christmas Mass. But it was also an opportunity to celebrate a member of staff, Jim O’Sullivan, who has spent the past 21 years as caretaker in the […]

THE wind was howling and the rain teeming down outside, but the excitement was palpable inside Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn for the first night of their Christmas concerts. From Junior Infants to Sixth Class, the pupils have been rehearsing for weeks with their hard-working teachers and the fruits of their labour […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn’s hall was packed on Sunday as they held their annual Christmas Fair. Parents and children enjoyed a great day’s entertainment with some amazing hampers and goodies up for grabs in the raffles and auction, while all proceeds went back into the school. There was also stalls selling […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn is hosting its annual Christmas Fair on Sunday, December 9 in the school hall. This year is extra special as  the school is celebrating 40 successful years in all-Irish primary education. There’s an invitation to come along and enjoy the great variety of stalls and auctions, where […]

FAMILIES, friends and colleagues in Gaelscol Mhic Easmainn came together last month to enjoy a delicious cup of Bewley’s Coffee and fresh home baking in support of our local Hospice. Children in the school were excited to partake in Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning, understanding that this is the main annual […]

NO bother to them. The new junior infants arrived at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Wednesday morning and they took to primary school like ducks to water. There were very few tears shed as the 51 pupils settled into the two classes under Olive Ní Ghearáin and Laura Ní Dhonghaile. “We […]

CELEBRATIONS to mark the end of the school year continued in Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn this week as pupils, teachers, staff and parents joined together to mark further awards and presentations made to Tralee’s All Irish Education School which is also celebrating 40 successful years in All Irish Primary Education. Following a […]

TWO women who have given 52 years of service between them to Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn were honoured at the school on Wednesday to mark their upcoming retirement. Máire Nic Mhathúna and Nóirín de Barra will be sorely missed at the school according to Principal  Cáit Uí Chonchúir. “It’s sad to […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn is gearing up for a fantastic night of entertainment at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium later this month. To celebrate 40 successful years in all-Irish primary education, the school will be hosting a ‘Night at the Dogs’ on Saturday, April 21. The night promises to be a wonderful social gathering […]

A TEAM from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn did the school and town proud in a national schools quiz final at the weekend. One hundred teams of four children competed for national titles in the annual Credit Union Schools Quiz National Final in Dublin’s RDS on Sunday. Having won out Stage 1 […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn is holding their Lá Oscailte/Open Day on Wednesday, March 7 between 11.00am-12.00noon and again between 6.30pm-7.30pm as part of their celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn has Gaeilge as its working language while following the standard curriculum as laid out by the Department of Education […]

OLD sewing machines, a hot whiskey maker, ration books and more were on display as Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn had a Pop-Up Museum in the school to help them respond to the Strand in History Curriculum that involves working as a historian. The children spent  weeks searching their homes for old items […]

IT was a day of celebration at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Friday as former pupils of the school who play, or have played, with Kerry teams helped raise three flags earned by the school. Jack and Andrew Barry and Jack Morgan were just three of the ten players present who […]

IT was an emotional Thursday night for all present at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn’s school hall, for the Sixth Class pupils graduation ceremony. The class, who began in Junior Infants in 2009, will depart for secondary school this autumn so it was a chance for families to get together and reflect […]

THE children from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn in Tralee will star in a jam-packed episode of TG4’s ‘Cleas Act’ on Easter Sunday, April 16. This series brings Ireland’s funniest, cheekiest and most talented kids to your TV screens. Expect the best ‘out of the mouth of babes’ wisdom as the pupils reveal […]

AS part of the Junior Entrepreneur Programme, fifth class pupils at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn set up their own business called Mi Magnets. The students sold thousands of fridge magnets to local clubs as part of the project. Austin Stacks Club commissioned the students to develop personalised magnets for the club, to […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn held a Tráth na gCeist on Thursday as part of their Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations. The Gaelscoil invited other schools from around the county to take part in the Table Quiz, which was sponsored by the Tralee branch of Conradh na Gaeilge. The other schools that took part […]

IS linne an Ghaeilge ach is leatsa í a labhairt… Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn is in full swing at present as pupils, staff and parents join to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017. Activities ranging from Seó Ardáin to Céilithe to renowned accordion player Liam O Connor’s visit, to a family fun Bingo night are some of the events taking […]

SCHOOLS all over town were tucking into treats today as Shrove Tuesday arrived. The children were gobbling up their pancakes when TraleeToday called to Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn  ahead of the fasting period of Lent. Making pancakes for the day has become a tradition at the school. Every year, the teachers prepare the pancake […]

THE community turned out in force for the Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Christmas Fair on Sunday. There was a host of goodies, bric a brac, toys, Christmas wreathes and much, much more on sale at the event which drew a massive crowd to the school. Tim Lynch and Tomás Ó hAiniféin […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils gave the musical performance for a TG4 camera crew on Wednesday. TV show ‘Cleas Act’ visited the school to film the kids performing with the band Seo Linn and it doesn’t end there. Singers from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn will travel to RTE […]

IT’S been quite a week for children in and around town over the past three days. It’s also a big day for parents and teachers who see the junior infants adapting to their new surroundings in school. Forty-five pupils in CBS National School had their first day of school on Thursday. “It has been […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn  are celebrating yet another win at the recent Féile Peile Gael Linn held in Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh in the Muskerry Gaeltacht area of County Cork. In a repeat of last year’s final, the young Tralee footballers this time outscored their opponents,  a combined team from Corca Dhuibhne, Scoil […]

SCOIL Mhic Easmainn pupils showed their generosity recently to help out a great cause. Rang a cúig pupils had a used clothes and sports drive to raise funds for their school but also donated €100 of the proceeds to the Kerry Cancer Support Group. The event was held in the school and was a […]

GAELSCOIL MHIC EASMAINN was in celebratory mood on Thursday for a visit by President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina. Hundreds of schoolchildren greeted the president who stopped off at the school – which is named after Roger Casement – before going to the 1916 State commemoration in Banna. […]

IT will be a very special day for one Tralee school on Thursday as they welcome  President Michael D Higgins through their doors. The President and his wife Sabina will honour Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn with a visit as part of his duties in the continuing commemorations of the Easter Rising 1916. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, […]

PROCLAMATION Day took place around Tralee and all over the country on Tuesday and two of the schools we visited were, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn And Caherleaheen. On the day, every school in the country was invited to share their Proclamations for a New Generation, and all other creative projects relating to 1916 that the student […]

THE Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Parents Council recently presented a cheque to the value of €10,000 to the Gaelscoil Development Fund. This presentation, the proceeds of recent fundraisers such as Aonach na Nollag agus Oiche Biongó, was welcomed by Principal Cáit Uí Chonchúir, who thanked the Parents Council, the entire parent […]

VISITORS to two education centres in town were impressed by the facilities at open days on Wednesday. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn and Kerry College of Further Education both opened their doors to potential would-be pupils and students at opposite ends of their journey through education. In the Gaelscoil, parents and children were given a […]